The Draft League subforum is launching it's next tournament, BW I! This tournament will NOT award points for the 2025 Draft League Circuit and is ran by goldmason and Monai. This tournament will take place in the [Gen 5] Draft tier on Pokémon Showdown! and battles will take place in pools followed by a single elimination bracket.
Pairings
powergo1 vs bronzo
kumiko vs Crystal Methyd
Lux2821 vs Bowas
larando vs Mister McLovin
Sergio Aguero vs Lucas2543
LatiGOD vs Gypsy
CrashinBoomBang vs An Agent of Chaos
Monai vs HisuAvalugg
SammyCe123 vs watashi
Gensuzu vs Jamieon
OdinRM vs Coconut | 椰果
Truthankamon vs mbf
CoolEvan1098 vs daddydaveslidinintourdms
Fc vs Scribble
FlutterFliss vs Azcelerator
Marshy. vs hattorivt
RacsoZeta vs SponsoredPost
Koalacance vs P2gyorg
Guille vs Colteor
magialice vs FogHorn
Swagata Mitra vs squinn
Sharky King vs benjaboynl
Celeste vs brranden
Shmur vs evakiyama!
Zygarde12 vs aim
Blui vs Puckbud
Idyll vs Vazquez 2.0
jackuzzler vs Iride
XDill-V vs bobbiswas
TheGrandAdmiral vs Raiza
SwordIsBored vs Star
Capitão General vs 64 Squares vs DJGravity
DOCUMENT FOR MATCHUPS
Games are due <t:1757303940:F>.
This thread and all future BW I threads should be considered the final ruling in case of discrepancy between threads, Discord announcements, and Google spreadsheets. Contact a host if you have any questions or spot an error. We are human, after all.
- All games must be played in the [Gen 5] Draft tier on smogtours.psim.us or psim.us. Be aware that each game on smogtours starts a timer automatically and cannot be turned off.
- BW cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
- Each set is a best-of-one set.
- The following clauses apply:
- Sand Veil is banned
- Snow Cloak is banned
- Baton Pass can only be used for momentum, stats may not be passed (Dry Pass only)
- Excadrill may not have the ability Sand Rush
- Landorus-I may not have the ability Sheer Force
- The abilities Drizzle and Swift Swim may not appear on the same team
- The abilities Drought and Chlorophyll may not appear on the same team
- The abilities Sand Stream and Sand Rush may not appear on the same team
- ALL Gems are banned
- Quick Claw, King's Rock, Razor Fang and Bright Powder are banned
- Any items unreleased in BW are banned.
About Activity Decisions
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, and an extension has not been requested, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
Please note that all extension requests and activity claims must be posted to the thread, and that all of these will be judged on a case by case basis.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the base form of this rule.]
Activity Decisions / Coin Flips: In the event that there is an uncompleted match at the deadline, and an extension has not been requested, it will be coin flipped unless one or both of the players involved in the match specifically request an activity win and explain sufficiently why they deserve to win over their opponent. Attempting to schedule a battle is required in order to receive the win by activity. To make it clear that you are requesting an activity win when you post, you must open your post with "Activity Win Request" in bold.
For example, if you believe your opponent is making an unfair request and that they don't deserve the activity win over you, you can either make your own request or quote their post and explain why they don't deserve it. You should try to make your activity win request posts at least 24 hours before the deadline to give your opponent a reasonable opportunity to contest it with their own activity win request.
Please note that all extension requests and activity claims must be posted to the thread, and that all of these will be judged on a case by case basis.
[Credit to the Official Smogon Tournament hosting team for the base form of this rule.]
Contact your opponent as soon as possible upon the round going up. Activity cases are going to be handled in a very strict manner.
When scheduling, offer as wide a swathe of time when you are available to play. 1 hour of activity on one or two weeknights is unlikely to be considered acceptable.
Schedule specifically - do not schedule for "Friday afternoon" or "Sunday morning", pick a date, a time and note the time zone, ideally as GMT offset.
If either host catches news of ghosting or some other sort of nefarious play, we reserve the right to investigate to the full limits of our ability.
When scheduling, offer as wide a swathe of time when you are available to play. 1 hour of activity on one or two weeknights is unlikely to be considered acceptable.
Schedule specifically - do not schedule for "Friday afternoon" or "Sunday morning", pick a date, a time and note the time zone, ideally as GMT offset.
If either host catches news of ghosting or some other sort of nefarious play, we reserve the right to investigate to the full limits of our ability.
Pairings
powergo1 vs bronzo
kumiko vs Crystal Methyd
Lux2821 vs Bowas
larando vs Mister McLovin
Sergio Aguero vs Lucas2543
LatiGOD vs Gypsy
CrashinBoomBang vs An Agent of Chaos
Monai vs HisuAvalugg
SammyCe123 vs watashi
Gensuzu vs Jamieon
OdinRM vs Coconut | 椰果
Truthankamon vs mbf
CoolEvan1098 vs daddydaveslidinintourdms
Fc vs Scribble
FlutterFliss vs Azcelerator
Marshy. vs hattorivt
RacsoZeta vs SponsoredPost
Koalacance vs P2gyorg
Guille vs Colteor
magialice vs FogHorn
Swagata Mitra vs squinn
Sharky King vs benjaboynl
Celeste vs brranden
Shmur vs evakiyama!
Zygarde12 vs aim
Blui vs Puckbud
Idyll vs Vazquez 2.0
jackuzzler vs Iride
XDill-V vs bobbiswas
TheGrandAdmiral vs Raiza
SwordIsBored vs Star
Capitão General vs 64 Squares vs DJGravity
DOCUMENT FOR MATCHUPS
Games are due <t:1757303940:F>.
This thread and all future BW I threads should be considered the final ruling in case of discrepancy between threads, Discord announcements, and Google spreadsheets. Contact a host if you have any questions or spot an error. We are human, after all.